Representing the country best known for hockey, Anthony Mantha has been one of the best players in the 2019 IIHF World Championship thus far.

This continued to be the case Thursday as Mantha found the back of the net twice in Canada's 5-2 win over France for their third win in four tournament games. The former first-round pick of the Detroit Red Wings put his home country on the scoreboard first with a top-shelf slapshot in the first period.

Mantha put Canada up 4-2 in the third period with a quick shot off of a rebound that snuck by French goaltender Buysse Henri Corentin. The Longueuil, Quebec native now has nine points (5-4-9) for the tournament, one behind Nikita Kucherov and William Nylander for the most among all players.

🇨🇦 SCORES! Chalk up another one for Anthony Mantha (@DetroitRedWings), as he taps in his 5th of the tournament!